diff --git a/src/shell-perf-log.c b/src/shell-perf-log.c
index 6c1f293ce..ab78deddc 100644
--- a/src/shell-perf-log.c
+++ b/src/shell-perf-log.c
@@ -126,11 +126,7 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE(ShellPerfLog, shell_perf_log, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
 static gint64
 get_time (void)
 {
-  GTimeVal timeval;
-
-  g_get_current_time (&timeval);
-
-  return timeval.tv_sec * G_GINT64_CONSTANT(1000000) + timeval.tv_usec;
+  return g_get_monotonic_time ();
 }
 
 static void